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4.4

Based on 21 reviews

Review Ghost?

Reviewers mostly see Ghost as a clean, easy publishing tool for blogs and newsletters, with strong support, fast back-office performance, useful templates, and built-in membership, comments, analytics, and newsletter features. Several users say it helps them focus on writing instead of managing a complex CMS, especially versus WordPress. But the limits come up often: email sending is tied to Mailgun, custom sender setup can be awkward, and some want more design and navigation options. One long-term user also reports serious API, theming, performance, and migration frustrations.

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Pros

easy to use (7)

newsletter integration (5)

fast performance (2)

Cons

Mailgun dependency (2)

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•1 review

I migrated to ghost in January and moved all my posts from a Wordpress blog. You sign up for a free trial. I never got notification that they would delete my content but they did because I didn’t sign up for a paid account after the free trial. They blamed it on GDPR and privacy saying they couldn’t host content that I voluntarily added. I then had to reimport the blog posts from Wordpress but this time I found out when you do this you can only then edit those blog posts in HTML which is the opposite of Ghosts mission of being an easy blogging platform. You can’t copy and paste the text to import because it doesn’t keep the formatting. They then offered to import the posts for me but i have to sign up for an annual plan and pay. This has taken weeks to resolve and many mails back and forth with different contacts. It makes no sense that they don’t have a simple wordpress import tool.

What needs improvement

no WordPress import tool (1)

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Ghost

Sorry to hear about this Evan! Your right that our WordPress importer needs some love, I'll pass that feedback on to the team and see what we can do to improve things

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2yr ago

•1 review

What can I say? I have been a satisfied user since 2021. A number of frustrations have been resolved in 5.0, such as the choice of whether or not to post a newsletter on the site or tweaking the features of the newsletter. The backoffice works quickly and conveniently. The advantage of Ghost I see is that what the platform can't do won't break, a big difference from generic platforms where you can mess things up. It's seems to be designed to be a platform for people who would rather spend their time creating content than managing the platform on which the content resides. The support is fast, but once it was very much by the book.

What's great

easy to use (7)fast performance (2)newsletter integration (5)

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•1 review

I recently migrated off of WordPress and onto Ghost. The migration was flawlessly executed. Customer service is amazing, and my website is not only beautiful but screaming fast. The creator community is awesome and I’m learning so many new things about how to build a publication and community using best practices. What can I say, I’m in love. It’s well-supported and fundamentally sound.

What's great

fast performance (2)community support (1)

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Ghost

So thrilled to hear this Jennifer, thank you so much for the lovely review. I'll pass this along to the rest of the team, too :)

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4yr ago

•1 review

What needs improvement

no WordPress import tool (1)

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29 views4yr ago

Ghost

Sorry to hear about this Evan! Your right that our WordPress importer needs some love, I'll pass that feedback on to the team and see what we can do to improve things

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2yr ago

•1 review

What's great

easy to use (7)fast performance (2)newsletter integration (5)

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•1 review

What's great

fast performance (2)community support (1)

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14 views4yr ago

Ghost

So thrilled to hear this Jennifer, thank you so much for the lovely review. I'll pass this along to the rest of the team, too :)

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4yr ago